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Hundreds of people lined up on sun-drenched asphalt Saturday to see if they could get regular payouts, in the form of paychecks, from the new Maryland Live! Casino, a slots casino scheduled to open at Arundel Mills mall in about three months. "I hope I get lucky enough to get a position," said Mark Ellison, who's from West Baltimore. "They want people who are willing to go the extra mile so customers come in and enjoy spending their money. " The operators of what will be the state's largest casino hosted a job fair Saturday with the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp.

Charles L. Schelberg, a retired Eastern Shore banker and a World War II veteran who served with the Navy in the Pacific, died June 19 of pneumonia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Queenstown resident was 86. Mr. Schelberg was born in Wilmington, Del., and raised in Towson, where he graduated in 1942 from Towson High School. He attended Washington College for a year before enlisting in the Navy in 1943. Mr. Schelberg was a seaman assigned to the destroyer escort USS Abercrombie, where he was a member of an anti-aircraft gun crew and performed damage-control duties.

A cashier at a High's store in Brooklyn Park thwarted a knife-wielding assailant's robbery attempt Sunday when she refused to give in to his demands, county police said.A man wearing a white bandanna over his face walked into the store in the 700 block of Church St. at 10:40 p.m., police said. He pointed a knife at the cashier and told her to give him all the money in the register.The cashier refused and called out to a fellow employee for help. The suspect drove away in a white car, police said.

The owner of a Laurel gas station struggled with, then shot and killed a man who attempted to rob his store early Tuesday, police said. About 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a report of a robbery in the 3400 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road at a Quest gas station that is also the site of a Dunkin' Donuts and a Baskin Robbins ice cream store. The station is located on a busy street lined with shops and strip malls. Based on a preliminary investigation, police said they believe a man entered the store, implied that he had a weapon and demanded money.

Charles William "Billy" Stroh, a retired grocery store cashier and Vietnam War veteran, died of cardiac arrest Aug. 20 at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 61. Mr. Stroh was born in Baltimore and raised in Sparks. He was a 1967 graduate of Dulaney High School. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army and served with the infantry in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969, when he was honorably discharged. His decorations included the National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal.

A man wearing a hooded jacket and apparently carrying a weapon hit the cashier of a Taylorsville convenience store about 2:40 a.m. Friday and robbed the store of an undisclosed amount of money.State police in Westminster said the robber walked into the 7-Eleven store in the 4200 block of Ridge Road brandishing an object.He struck the cashier on the head.The robber ran to a compact car and escaped with the money.Police said they believe the car may have been driven by an accomplice.Police did not release the name of the cashier, who was taken to the Carroll County General Hospital and released after treatment.

An Annapolis man was robbed as he attempted to pay a gas station cashier in the 2200 block of Bay Ridge Ave. about 12:30 a.m. Monday, city police said yesterday.Phillip Frederick Meyers, 53, said that he had just finished pumping gas and had walked up to the cashier's window, when another man approached and demanded the $10 in his hand. When he refused, the man placed a sharp object against Mr. Meyer's ribs, took the money and left.POLICE LOG* Annapolis: Burglars smashed the side window of the Carpet Queen store in the 1900 block of West Street about 1:30 a.m. yesterday and stole at least six Pakistani and Indian carpets, all valued at $2,700.

Edith Elizabeth Backman, a retired cashier at the old Colonial Pharmacy in Northwest Baltimore, died of heart failure Wednesday at the home of a daughter in Fernandina Beach, Fla., where she had lived for three years. She was 78.She retired three years ago after working at the pharmacy, on Reisterstown Road near the city-Baltimore County line, as a cashier for more than 36 years. She lived in the Colonial Village area near the pharmacy.A native of Indiana, the former Edith McDonaldson married William Raymond Backman in 1942; he died in 1950.

Helen J. Johnson, a retired Montgomery Ward head cashier, died of cancer Saturday at a son's Towson home. She was 81. Born and raised in Wallace, W.Va., Helen Jean White was a 1940 graduate of Strayer's Business College in Washington. During World War II, she was employed by Western Union in Washington, where she was also a Civil Defense aircraft spotter. From 1966 until retiring in 1981, she was head cashier at the Montgomery Ward store in the old Eudowood Plaza shopping center. In 1943, she married Earl F. Johnson, former regional manager for Otis Elevator Co., who died in 1995.

A man placed a hard object against the back of an Ames Department Store cashier Friday afternoon and robbed the woman of the store's money bag, county police said.The cashier was carrying the bag from the register to a rear office of the store in the 8100 block of Ritchie Highway about 5:05 p.m., police said. The man crept up behind the woman, put the object to her back and ordered her to give him the bag. The cashier surrendered the bag and the man walked out the front door, police said.

Olney-based Sandy Spring Bank warned Wednesday that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name and routing number are in circulation. The company has notified the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a government corporation that guarantees bank deposits, of the counterfeit checks. The checks use the bank's routing number – 055001096 – and display an inaccurate security feature. According to Sandy Spring, the fake checks display a security feature statement embedded in a darkened top border and along the bottom border, between two padlock icons.

Charles William "Billy" Stroh, a retired grocery store cashier and Vietnam War veteran, died of cardiac arrest Aug. 20 at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 61. Mr. Stroh was born in Baltimore and raised in Sparks. He was a 1967 graduate of Dulaney High School. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army and served with the infantry in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969, when he was honorably discharged. His decorations included the National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal.

With so many major issues confronting our country, it may seem silly to care about such a small issue - but as a farm girl, I understand the potential a seed has. My concern is simple, it's local, and it affects people in their neighborhoods: It is the disappearance of checkout clerks in grocery stores and box stores. I have refused to use "self-checkout" at stores since it first appeared. First, I do not wish to train to be a cashier (clearly it's a job without much of a future). Second, I am not offered a discount to do so. And most important, by using self-checkout, I effectively would cut the hours of work available to people in my community.

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It's a busy Friday evening and I'm in the checkout line at the supermarket doing what I normally do: Stressing about using the credit card swiper. The 22-year-old cashier with the spiky blond hair has just rung up my groceries. She tells me my total. I pull out my Visa card. I move to the credit card swiper. It's show time. Right away, my mind starts racing. Which way do you swipe on this thing? Is it left to right? Magnetic strip up or down? Every one of these stupid card swipers is different.

Howard County police have cited Snowden River Liquors and Fuddruckers in Columbia and Normandy Liquors in Ellicott City in the sale of alcohol to underage customers during an undercover operation. One of two 17-year-old girls working with police entered each of the businesses and tried to buy alcohol. At Snowden River Liquors on Snowden River Parkway and Normandy Liquors on U.S. 40, police said, the cashier did not ask for the decoy's identification. At the Fuddruckers restaurant on Dobbin Center Way, the cashier asked for the girl's driver's license.

A gunman robbed the Amoco gas station in the 7000 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. shortly before 2 p.m. yesterday, police said.The man had picked up a candy bar from a display and approached a cashier with a dollar bill, police said. He then pulled open his long green coat and showed the cashier the butt of a dark-colored pistol tucked in his waistband.The gunman gave the cashier a yellow plastic bag and told the cashier to empty the cash register. The cashier complied, then gave the bag back to the gunman.

A Mass of Christian burial for Dorothy M. Lantry, who had been chief cashier at a Baltimore store before moving to Vero Beach, Fla., will be offered at 11 a.m. today at St. Helen's Roman Catholic Church in Vero Beach.Mrs. Lantry, who was 77, died Tuesday at a Vero Beach hospital after a heart attack.The former Dorothy McEnaney was born in Baltimore and graduated from St. Martin's High School.She worked at The Hub at Charles and Fayette streets before moving to Florida in 1963.Her husband, Bernard C. Lantry, died in 1984.

Joy Cuthbert Cashier, Giant Food, Towson Age: 48 Years in business: 28 Salary: $17.94/hour How she started: Cuthbert started working part time at Giant while going to college. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a master's degree in social work. After graduating, she started working in that field but discovered that she was making more money at Giant. She stayed because of the flexibility. "I have four children (ages 8, 10, 16 and 18). [Giant has] always worked around my schedule.